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Re: What bike?
I've a feeling I might want to put some modern suspenders on it before I chase more powah!
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Re: What bike?
For that price you could have got one with more power and modern bits.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:37 pm I've a feeling I might want to put some modern suspenders on it before I chase more powah!
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Re: What bike?
But it wouldn't be an oil cooled GSXR1100!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:47 pmFor that price you could have got one with more power and modern bits.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:37 pm I've a feeling I might want to put some modern suspenders on it before I chase more powah!
It's a scratch I need to itch.
I might hate it, but I might not
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There's nowt wrong with the original suspension, it's the top heavy, stupidly powerful engine that upsets the handling.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:37 pm I've a feeling I might want to put some modern suspenders on it before I chase more powah!
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It's almost 30 years old!Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:06 pmThere's nowt wrong with the original suspension, it's the top heavy, stupidly powerful engine that upsets the handling.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:37 pm I've a feeling I might want to put some modern suspenders on it before I chase more powah!
I'm obviously gonna ride the hell out of it before I spend any money. IF it's a keeper, it'll get the finest quality parts known to man
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Re: What bike?
Hasn't it done some pathetic mileage, like under 15,000, the fork oil isn't going to go off with age, it's not a fine wine, and the same goes for the rear shock, the suspension is actually very good for an early 90s bike, at most the forks will want a revalve, and maybe you'll need a rear shock.
I rode one in the mid 90s when I weighed 10 stone, the suspension was over sprung for my puny weight.
Ride it and see what you think, but it's never going to handle like a Fireblade, my over riding memory of them is that they didn't want to turn, this could be due to the longer swing arm Suzuki fitted to tame the Killer K reputation, though I thought the K was alright, like any GSXR1100 you had to treat the throttle with respect.
I rode one in the mid 90s when I weighed 10 stone, the suspension was over sprung for my puny weight.
Ride it and see what you think, but it's never going to handle like a Fireblade, my over riding memory of them is that they didn't want to turn, this could be due to the longer swing arm Suzuki fitted to tame the Killer K reputation, though I thought the K was alright, like any GSXR1100 you had to treat the throttle with respect.
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Re: What bike?
I had a 98 Fireblade.
I threw a serious amount of money at it. It handled jolly well. That was 20 years ago.
Nowadays I think my bog stock 98 K1200RS handles really well, the GSXR can't be any worse.
I threw a serious amount of money at it. It handled jolly well. That was 20 years ago.
Nowadays I think my bog stock 98 K1200RS handles really well, the GSXR can't be any worse.
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Re: What bike?
I haven't ridden a K1200RS so I can't compare them, but the Slingshot 1100s are safe handlers, they're slow steerers, which is no bad thing as the weight is high up, I don't think one would be much fun round Cadwell, but at Snetterton you'd have a grin like a Cheshire Cat.
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Re: What bike?
I'm only going to ride it to Squires every sunny Wednesday evening and let all the passers by tell me how mint it is while drinking a £1.50 instant coffee that tastes like shit.
Proper biker stylee.
Proper biker stylee.
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Re: What bike?
It'll be an old git magnet, every one of the boring twats will tell you how they owned one back in the day and that it's a man's bike that nearly killed them, not one of the stupid fuckers will ever have ridden one.
At least that's my experience of owning old bikes, I must have met every former Z1100R owner in Suffolk, even though none were ever sold new here.
At least that's my experience of owning old bikes, I must have met every former Z1100R owner in Suffolk, even though none were ever sold new here.
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Re: What bike?
But you ride a bullet don’t you ?KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:39 pm Try riding a Bullet.
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Re: What bike?
It's insured!
I was a naughty boy. I didn't take the Guzzi off the multibike policy (yes yes I know).
The cost to upgrade the Guzzi to the GSXR for the remaining 8 months... £45.37 and £20 of that is the admin fee!
Arranged to pick it up as soon as they open at 9am. There's a 30% chance of rain and thunderstorms according to the BBC
I was a naughty boy. I didn't take the Guzzi off the multibike policy (yes yes I know).
The cost to upgrade the Guzzi to the GSXR for the remaining 8 months... £45.37 and £20 of that is the admin fee!
Arranged to pick it up as soon as they open at 9am. There's a 30% chance of rain and thunderstorms according to the BBC
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Re: What bike?
I'm home, got to shoot out to get my 2nd jab now, might write some more while I'm stood in the queue.
BTW, it's ace. I was stood at some lights and a woman in a car going the other way stopped, rolled down her windows and shouted how awesome my bike was!!!
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I was at Oulton Park BSB last weekend & took a photo of a early GSXR1100 that was parked there.I uploaded the photo to FB & got a surprise at how much interest there was in this photo of a GSXR1100,they seem to attract a lot of interest.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:37 pm It'll be an old git magnet, every one of the boring twats will tell you how they owned one back in the day and that it's a man's bike that nearly killed them, not one of the stupid fuckers will ever have ridden one.
At least that's my experience of owning old bikes, I must have met every former Z1100R owner in Suffolk, even though none were ever sold new here.